Ms. Smart is the coding supervisor for Sunny Valley Hospital. She is organizing a coding training on ICD-10-PCS. She is reviewing the ICD-10-PCS Code Manual for a code for a robotic-assisted procedure completed on the arm via an open incision. The code she should use in addition to the code for the procedure being coded is code .

S2900

Explanation:

The code for a technique during surgery that would require the doctor to use robotic assistance is S2900. The title of the code is ''Surgical techniques requiring use of robotic surgical system''.

It is worth knowing that Medicare does not cover this procedure separately because it is considered a tool in the surgery much like any other tool with the difference being that it is more sophisticated.

answer:

the patient complains of irritated stomach with gas after eating spicy foods.

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